Why Rowan Atkinson originally didn't want to be the voice of Zazu in The Lion King
When the project first came across Atkinson’s desk, however, he wasn’t immediately on board.
“I didn’t want to do it, really, because voiceovers, voice work is something I generally had never done and never liked,” Atkinson reveals on the latest episode of PeopleTV’s Couch Surfing. “I’m a visual artist, if I’m anything, and it seemed to be a pointless thing to do.”
Luckily, Mr. Bean co-writer and actor, Robin Driscoll, convinced Atkinson to give voice acting a shot, and it sure paid off.
“I didn’t realize it would turn into a really, very special film, which it did,” Atkinson says, adding how proud he now is to be a part of such an enduring film.
